ONE's 1961 MIDWINTER INSTITUTE in January will tackle questions such as these, and will attempt to extract from a weekend of discussions something like a HOMOSEXUAL BILL OF RIGHTS. The program, now being planned by the Institute's Monday night classcommittee, will be something like a constitutional convention. Delegates from all parts of the country will have the chance to participate in drafting resolutions defining the extent of those rights which are, or should be, ours, and planning ways in which to make the best use of such a Declaration of Rights-or Manifesto. Full activities will be dovetailed into the program to enlist those persons who are of a less theoretical turn of mind.

A complete departure from the program-format of previous Midwinter Institutes, this, we feel, will be the most exciting, and the most significant program in the history of the American homophile movement. Instead of waiting passively for heterosexual organizations to come up with recommendations urging society to go a little easier on the homosexual, join us in preparing a frank statement to the world of what the homosexual wants.

ONE'S Seventh Annual MIDWINTER INSTITUTE will be held in Los Angeles, January 26-29, 1961, in conjunction with ONE, INC.'s Ninth Annual Business Meeting (Friday).

Advance registration will be necessary. Exact prices (including meals) and place to be announced.

Much advance work is needed to prepare such a program as this, and much of it is work in which you can participate. We need your ideas (whether or not you can be in Los Angeles in January) on what ought to be included in a Homosexual Bill of Rights, and how such a document should be used to further the homosexual cause.

As a starter, we invite you to submit your ideas on these questions: What do you think about homosexual rights?

How aggresive do you think such a Declaration ought to be?

Should it stick to 'safe,' short-term, minimum demands, or should it go the limit?

Let us know if you are willing to participate, in person or by mail, both before and after the Drafting Sessions in January, on this project.

And let us know if there is an outside chance that you might be able to attend in Los Angeles at the end of January.